Supply planning

• Planning supply with order planning

  Within the order horizon, supply is planned by means of order planning, in the form of planned orders.

  Planned orders are generated during an order simulation. You can start an order simulation by running one of the following sessions:

  • Generate Order Planning (cprrp1210m000)
  • Generate Order Planning (Item) (cprrp1220m000)
• Planning supply with master planning

  Within the master-planning horizon, supply is planned by means of master planning, in the form of a supply plan.

  Supply plans are generated during a master-plan simulation. You can start a master-plan simulation by running one of the following sessions:

  • Generate Master Planning (cprmp1202m000)
  • Generate Master Planning (Item) (cprmp1203m000)
• Order planning and master planning

  When you run an order simulation, you can indicate that a master-plan simulation must be performed as well.

  In both master planning and order planning, the various plan items involved are planned in a particular order, to take logistic dependencies between plan items into account.

• Five sources of supply

  Enterprise Planning works with five sources of supply:

  • Production
    The manufacture goods at a production facility
  • Purchase
    The acquisition of goods from a business partner
  • Distribution
    The acquisition of goods from elsewhere in your company or from an affiliated company
  • Repetitive
    The manufacture of goods based on a limited number of predefined configurations
  • Subcontract
    The outsourcing of parts, or the whole manufacture to another company.

  For more information, refer to Sources of supply.

For more information, refer to:

• Selecting External Suppliers
• Selecting internal suppliers